Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   ROM
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Medals	Gold  11	Silver 6	Bronze 8	Total 25
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Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.1.1 Men's competition 2.1.2 Women's competition 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Canoe / Kayak 2.3.1 Flatwater 2.3.1.1 Men's competition 2.3.1.2 Women's competition 2.4 Diving 2.5 Swimming 3 References

[edit] Medals

Romania finished in 11th position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 25 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Gabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 5000 metres

• Florin Popescu and Mitică Pricop — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs

• Mihai Claudiu Covaliu — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

• Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

• Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual

• Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Isărescu, Maria Olaru, Claudia Presăcan, and Andreea Răducan — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

• Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs

• Vera Cochelea, Georgeta Damian, Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipa, Ioana Olteanu, and Viorica Susanu — Rowing, Women's Eights

• Angela Alupei and Constanţa Burcică-Pipota — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

• Diana Mocanu — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Diana Mocanu — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

[edit] Silver

• Violeta Szekely — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres

• Lidia Simon — Athletics, Women's Marathon

• Marian Simion — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• Maria Olaru — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual

• Andreea Răducan — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault

• Beatrice Căslaru — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley

[edit] Bronze

• Gabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres

• Dorel Simion — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

• Florin Popescu and Mitică Pricop — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs

• Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

• Maria Olaru — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual

• Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

• Simona Marcela Richter — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (78 kg)

• Iulian Raicea — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Beatrice Căslaru — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Florin Ionescu
  1. Round 1 – 08:37.44 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Gheorghe Guşet
  1. Qualifying – 18.56 (did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Costel Grasu
  1. Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Bogdan Ţărus
  1. Qualifying – 8.00
  2. Final – 8.00 (8th place)

Men's Triple Jump

• Ionuţ Pungă
  1. Qualifying – 16.72 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Costică Bălan
  1. Final – 1:23:42 (18th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 400 m

• Otillia Silvia Ruicu
  1. Round 1 – 52.65
  2. Round 2 – 52.28 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Elena Iagăr
  1. Round 1 – 02:07.56 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

• Gabriela Szabo
  1. Round 1 – 04:08.33
  2. Semifinal – 04:07.38
  3. Final – 04:05.27 (Bronze medal)

• Violeta Szekely
  1. Round 1 – 04:10.18
  2. Semifinal – 04:06.60
  3. Final – 04:05.15 (Silver medal)

• Elena Iagăr
  1. Round 1 – 04:11.35
  2. Semifinal – 04:14.75 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Gabriela Szabo
  1. Round 1 – 15:08.36
  2. Final – 14:40.79 (Gold medal) – Olympic record

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Ionela Ţîrlea
  1. Round 1 – 56.40
  2. Semifinal – 54.70
  3. Final – 54.35 (6th place)

Women's Discus

• Nicoleta Grasu
  1. Qualifying – 58.87 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ana Mirela Termure
  1. Qualifying – 56.31 (did not advance)

• Felicea Moldovan Tilea
  1. Qualifying – 58.75 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Cristina Elena Nicolau
  1. Qualifying – 14.14
  2. Final – 14.17 (6th place)

Women's High Jump

• Oana Manuela Pantelimon
  1. Qualifying – 1.94
  2. Final – 1.99 (4th place)

• Monica Iagăr-Dinescu
  1. Qualifying – 1.94
  2. Final – 1.93 (9th place)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Norica Cîmpean
  1. Final – 1:31:50 (6th place)

• Ana Maria Groza
  1. Final – 1:33:38 (13th place)

Women's Marathon

• Lidia Simon
  1. Final – 2:23:22 (Silver medal)

• Alina Gherasim
  1. Final – 2:36:16 (29th place)

• Anuţa Cătuna
  1. Final – DNF

Women's Heptathlon

• Viorica Ţigău
  1. 100 m Hurdles – 13.39
  2. High Jump – 1.72
  3. Shot Put – 11.53
  4. 200 m – 24.80
  5. Long Jump – 6.01
  6. Javelin Throw – 43.38
  7. 800 m – 02:19.65
  8. Points – 5893 (18th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Velicu Marian
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu of Turkey
  • Round 2 – Lost to Maikro Romero Esquirol of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Bogdan Dobrescu
  • Round 1 – Defeated Xiangzhong Yang of China
  • Round 2 – Lost to Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• George-Crinu Olteanu
  • Round 1 – Defeated Artour Mikaelian of Greece
  • Round 2 – Defeated Cesar Morales Velazquez of Mexico
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Ovidiu Tiberiu Bobîrnat
  • Round 1 – Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Gheorghe Lungu
  • Round 1 – Defeated Adisu Tebebu of Ethiopia
  • Round 2 – Lost to Cristian Bejarano of Mexico (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Dorel Simion
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ruben Fuchu of Puerto Rico
  • Round 2 – Defeated Roberto Guerra of Cuba
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Steven Kuchler of Germany
  • Semifinal – Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia – Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Marian Simion
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ciro Fabio di Corcia of Italy
  • Round 2 – Defeated José Luis Zertuche of Mexico
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Frédéric Esther of France
  • Semifinal – Defeated Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand
  • Final – Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan – Silver medal

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Adrian Diaconu
  • Round 1 – Defeated Abdelhani Kinzi of Algeria
  • Round 2 – Defeated Jitender Kumar of India (did not advance)
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Jorge Gutierrez of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Grigore Claudiu Rasco
  • Round 1 – Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)

• Constantin Onofrei
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Lost to Samuel Peter of Nigeria (did not advance)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Geza Magyar
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:42.733
  2. Semifinal – 01:41.482 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Marian Băban
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:45.127
  2. Semifinal – 03:47.215 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Vasile Curuzan, Nicu Romică Şerban
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:33.184
  2. Semifinal – 01:32.975 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Nicu Romică Şerban, Marian Sîrbu
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:05.341
  2. Semifinal – 03:05.101 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Florin Huidu
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:53.076
  2. Semifinal – 01:53.277 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Florin Huidu
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:56.770
  2. Semifinal – 04:03.901 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:41.904
  2. Semifinal – Bye
  3. Final – 01:54.260 (Bronze medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:37.340
  2. Semifinal – Bye
  3. Final – 03:37.355 (Gold medal)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Sanda Toma
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:54.738
  2. Semifinal – 01:56.310 (did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:43.204
  2. Semifinal – Bye
  3. Final – 01:59.264 (4th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Sanda Toma, Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu
  1. Qualifying Heat – 01:35.935
  2. Semifinal – Bye
  3. Final – 01:37.010 (Bronze medal)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Gabriel Chereches
  1. Preliminary – 318.27 (35th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Gabriel Chereches
  1. Preliminary – 320.61 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Clara Elena Ciocan
  1. Preliminary – 265.29 (21st place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Anişoara Opriea
  1. Preliminary – 221.82 (36th place, did not advance)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 1:50.20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:48.77 (did not advance)
  2. Final – 03:47.38 (5th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman
  1. Preliminary Heat – 15:12.64 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel
  1. Preliminary Heat – 54.13 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:59.48 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea
  1. Preliminary Heat – 56.35 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:59.79
  2. Semi-final – 01:59.44
  3. Final – 01:59.05 (6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Cezar Bădiţă
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:02.48
  2. Semi-final – 02:02.02 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Cezar Bădiţă
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:17.11 (did not advance)
  2. Final – 04:20.91 (7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman, Cezar Bădiţă, Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel
  1. Preliminary Heat – 07:24.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Camelia Potec
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:00.18
  2. Semi-final – 01:59.54
  3. Final – 01:59.46 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Camelia Potec
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:11.92 (did not advance)

• Simona Păduraru
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:13.89 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Diana Mocanu
  1. Preliminary Heat – 59.72
  2. Semi-final – 59.12
  3. Final – 59.43 (8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Beatrice Căslaru
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:27.59 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Diana Mocanu
  1. Preliminary Heat – 01:01.18
  2. Semi-final – 01:00.70
  3. Final – 01:00.21 (Gold medal) – Olympic Record

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Diana Mocanu
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:09.21
  2. Semi-final – 02:09.64
  3. Final – 02:08.61 (Gold medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:13.72
  2. Semi-final – 02:13.31
  3. Final – 02:12.57 (Silver medal)

• Diana Mocanu
  1. Preliminary Heat – 02:29.58 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:41.04
  2. Final – 04:37.18 (Bronze medal)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Diana Mocanu, and Camelia Potec
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:48.78 (did not advance)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Beatrice Căslaru, Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec
  1. Preliminary Heat – 08:05.24
  2. Final – 08:01.63 (4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Raluca Udroiu
  1. Preliminary Heat – 04:23.56 (did not advance)

[edit] References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Albania • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Armenia • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belarus • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Bosnia‑Herzegovina • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cambodia • Cameroon • Canada • Cape Verde • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Comoros • Congo • DR Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Croatia • Cuba • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea • Estonia • Ethiopia • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • The Gambia • Georgia • Germany • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guinea‑Bissau • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Korea • DPR Korea • Kuwait • Kyrgyzstan • Laos • Latvia • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • FYR Macedonia • Madagascar • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • FS Micronesia • Moldova • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Myanmar • Namibia • Nauru • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Oman • Palau • Pakistan • Palestinian Authority • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Russia • Rwanda • Saint Kitts‑Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • São Tomé‑Príncipe • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Seychelles • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Slovakia • Slovenia • Solomon Islands • Somalia • South Africa • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Tajikistan • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Uganda • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Uzbekistan • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • Yemen • Yugoslavia • Zambia • Zimbabwe • Individual Olympic Athletes